Dr. Colleen M. Peterson has two decades of experience conducting social behavioral research and is a member of the research faculty at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). Dr. Peterson invokes both qualitative and quantitative data analysis in her research to identify nuanced insight into transportation behaviors and safe, mobility access across the lifespan.

In partnership with the Dementia-Friendly Airports Working Group, Dr. Peterson developed and distributed a national survey that reached hundreds of persons living dementia and their care givers to understand their air travel experiences, which informed this talk and related resources.